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John Seccombe
Rev. John Seccombe (25 April 1708 – 27 October 1792) was an author, a founder of Chester, Nova Scotia and was “the best-known and most highly respected clergyman in Nova Scotia.” He was also the author of ''Father Abbey's Will'', which was printed as a poem and a broadsheet over 30 times throughout the 18th century in England and America. According to the ''Manual of American Literature'', the poem "was one of the best comic poems of that day." As a result of the poem, the ''History of American Literature'' indicated that Seccombe "had an extraordinary notoriety" in America's early literary history. Provided by Wikipedia-
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A sermon occasioned by the death of the Honorable Abigail Belcher late consort of Jonathan Belcher, Esq; late lieutenant governor and commander in chief, and His Majesty's present...
Published 1772Search for the full-text online version of this title in the Early American imprints database
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Father Abbey's will
Published 1810Search for the full-text online version of this title in the Early American imprints database
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Father Abbey's will to which is added A letter of courtship to his virtuous and amiable widow : with historical and biographical notes.
Published 1854Other Authors: “…Seccombe, John, 1708-1792…”
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